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Senate in the budget-making process. Through his initiative, the Senate now introduces its own budget bill, a development which caused considerable nervousness in both administration and legislative circles when it began a few years ago.
His more recent proposals may be seen as extensions of the Senate’s newly found independence. ,
The first of those was the revelation that he did not think a state lottery would be such a bad idea, after all. Now, mind you, he did not say he was for the lottery, but he did not say he was against it either, which is far more important. What he was doing, of course, was sending up a trial balloon the size of the Goodyear blimp on the subject. He noted that the $104 million the lottery wpuld raise each year looked mighty attractive. Del. J. W. “Billy” O’Brien (D-Virginia Beach) a longtime advocate of the lottery, admitted happily that he was encouraged by the unexpected boost from the senator.
Then, last week, Willey made two proposals which are unlikely to win universal applause. He suggested enacting a one-percent per gallon increase in the state's 11-cent tax on gasoline and a 1 percent increase in the 2 percent titling tax on new and used cars.
It was all a part, he said, of a $102 million per year highway tax bill he intends to introduce inthe General Assembly when it convenes in January. Willey would like to see most of the proceeds go to the improvement of the state’s primary roads, with some going to connector roads and interstate highway improvement in cities.
The senator argues that the primary road funds are needed because of a new' funding formula which has
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